Ousmane Dembele only joined Borussia Dortmund a year ago for £12m – now he could be sold for £100m

It is understood that the player told Liverpool yesterday he would prefer to make the move to Spain if a deal could be agreed between the two clubs.

That appears to have softened the Merseyside club’s stance from their original position of insisting their star player was not for sale.

Liverpool are now claimed to have reluctantly accepted Barca’s offer, which will see an initial fee of £81.6m being paid for the 25-year-old – although publicly the club are still briefing no deal has been agreed.

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